96% of UK corporations have been hacked, new data reveals

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http://www.information-age.com/technology/security/123459657/96-uk-corporations-have-been-hacked-new-data-reveals

By Ben Rossi
Information Age
12 June 2015

New data has revealed that 96% of UK corporations have seen hackers 
successfully penetrate their IT systems in an attempt to steal, change or 
make public important data.

Whilst many firms are actively engaged in policies to safeguard against 
cybercrime, 9.1% of UK firms have not acted to protect themselves from 
hacking.

The data was gathere in the latest round of the Global Business Outlook 
Survey, conducted by Grenoble Ecole de Management, Tilburg University and 
the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University.

The survey, which ended June 5, has been conducted for 77 consecutive 
quarters, making it the world's longest-running and most comprehensive 
research on senior finance executives. This round elicited over 1000 
responses from global CFOs and finance directors.

More than half (53%) of CFOs in the UK also indicated that difficulty in 
hiring and retaining qualified employees is a top three concern, while the 
second most cited concern was rising wages and salaries.

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